According to Sky Sports, Sheffield United are the favourites to sign Genk midfielder Sander Berge after he requested to leave the club before Friday’s transfer deadline, and Everton fans have been discussing the 21-year-old on Twitter and the January Transfer Thread 2020 on the Grand Old Team forum.Sky Sports report that the two teams have picked up negotiations again in recent days following a failed summer move by the Blades, with a £20m deal being spoken about.The report adds that while the Belgian club would like to keep him, the fact he has only 18 months left on his contract means it is likely they will let him go.The 6 foot 5 midfielder has scored four goals in 23 league appearances for Genk this term, and has averaged 1.5 tackles, 1.2 interceptions, 0.8 key passes and 1.3 dribbles per game on average in his six Champions League outings in 2019/20, as per WhoScored.It appears that Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti wants to sign a new central midfielder too, with Gazzetta dello Sport repoerting that they will get the green light to sign Inter Milan midfielder Matias Vecino once the Serie A giants get Olivier Giroud.It seems as though many Toffees supoorters would prefer him to sign Berge instead, however, given what fans said on Twitter and on the Grand Old Team forum on Monday night.

Two fans looked at the Norwegian youngster in more detail though, with one suggesting “he could be a monster”, but also saying that “he’s similar to Gomes in that he’s not a particularly responsible defensive player”.

Did he really play for us?! No Everton fan has managed to name all of these obscure Toffees players….

That may make it difficult to have both in the same midfield in Ancelotti’s preferred 4-4-2 system, then.

Two individuals chose to compare him with Vecino directly, with one acknowledging that while he was a fan of Berge, he trusts Ancelotti’s judgment if he wants the Uruguay international – rightly so given the 60-year-old experience and his honours list during his managerial career.

Another was unhappy at the fact that the promising 21-year-old could cost around the same amount as a player who turns 29 years of age later this year, with Vecino’s reported asking price set at €20m (£16.9m), according to Gazzetta dello Sport.

In other Everton news, one reported Toffees target showed at the weekend why Farhad Moshiri needs to splash £35m on him…